"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?"
Henry Stanley was sent to Africa to locate Dr. Livingstone.
If you are speaking of Henry Morton Stanley, then no, he was not a missionary. He is famous for finding the lost missionary, David Livingstone, when Livingstone had been missing for several years in Africa. To read more about who Henry Morton Stanley was, please click on the link below entitled "Henry Morton Stanley".
The purpose Henry Stanley was sent to Africa was to find Dr. David Livingstone.
why did stanley stay in Africa after livingston died
Upon finding missionary and explorer David Livingstone, Henry Morton Stanley allegedly asked, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Dr. David Livingstone and Dr. Henry Stanley met in Africa. Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer, while Stanley was an American journalist sent to find Livingstone by the New York Herald in 1869. Their meeting in Africa in 1871 became famous with Stanley allegedly saying, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume."
"Dr. Livingstone I presume"
Henry Stanley found David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in modern-day Tanzania in 1871. Stanley famously greeted Livingstone with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Henry Morton Stanley, a Welsh journalist and explorer, is known for locating the Scottish missionary and explorer Dr. David Livingstone in Africa in 1871. Stanley greeted Livingstone with the famous phrase, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Liningstone and Henry Morton Stanley went to southern and central Africa.
"Dr Livingstone I presume?"
Henry Mortan Stanley and David Livingstone explored deep into Africa.